At the beginning of the month, I wrote about my new gig over at Earth Hertz Records. I also mentioned when new music was released, I would do some posts to introduce it. So let's talk about the first single released through Earth Hertz.
"Magic" is the new song from the San Diego based Billy David Band. Founding band member Billy David Millican wrote "Magic" as an ode to the allure and power of a woman. Produced by Paul Kastich, Julian Tydelski and Billy David, the quality of the musicians on this album is evident.
With a powerful pop beat tinged with reggae, add in an infectious chorus... just try to keep your feet from moving.
For a limited time, readers of this blog can stream "Magic" at this link: Magic link
Check out the video:
Lead Vocals: Billy David Millican
Backing Vocals: Quino McWhinney
Live Drums: Paul Kastick
Drum Programming: Julian Tydelski
Percussion: Jackie Bertone
Bass: Othneil Campbell (Taddy P)
Acoustic Guitars: Programming by Julian Tydelski
Electric Guitars: Kyle McDonald, Dylan Keawe
Piano and Organ: Julian Tydelski
Keyboards: Julian Tydelski, Lynn Copeland
Trumpet: Kevin Batchelor
Saxophone: Anant Pradhan
Just a quick post. Even though I wasn't planning on writing a music blog this morning, sometimes they just write themselves.
Here's how it started. Watched a clip on youtube the other day, a trailer for the upcoming Beth Hart/Joe Bonamassa release. Let me tell you, that album is gonna blow it out of the park. Anyway it was a little tease of Beth doing Tina Turner's "Nutbush." Unbelievable. Watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ynHVLoA2h00
Anyway, that song has been in my brain ever since, so I decided to tweet and post on FB the original by Tina and another version of her doing it 30+ years later. That's when the conversation began. One of my online friends Lance, creator of the 100 Word Song Challenge that I do quite often, replied that the weather where he lives in Atlanta was nasty and the song he was hearing in his head was "Flood" by Jars of Clay. And so it went.
So, here is the conversation... in song. Putting in all the videos, take a look.
"Ever wake up with a song bouncing around your brain. Yeah that."
"And half lifetime later, she still rocked it."
Lance answered with... it won't stop raining here so I woke up with this:
Jars of Clay "Flood"
I replied "bummer,bout the rain.not the music. hopefully you won't be...lost in the flood."
Lance came back with "well, at least I don't live in Texas, although hanging w an alive Stevie Ray would've been worth the rain"
And it ended with me saying "well hell yeah. but you know he couldn't stand the weather... damn I miss that man."
A fun conversation and some great music for a Sunday morning.
Hope it keeps bouncing around in your head.
